Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-14
PEDIGREE HUNTING.
THE CHARLES KENT MARE, WEBER
TOM THUMB AND OTHER ORANGE
COUNTY, N. ", PEDiGREES.
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We left Newburgh at twenty minutes
to five, by slow train. for Goshen. where
we arrived after dark, and were taken by
primitive sleigh to an old-fashioned
country inn. Called. after supper on a
Mr.. IIurd an old and prominent citizen
of the place. who said:
"Tom Thumb stood at Goshen. and at
Washingtonville, think, as early as
1910. He was kept by William Weber,
who had bay horse called Fiddler at
the same time. Louis Denton, about
1910. had horse called Sea Gull: kept
Bonds Eclipse, and, after that, Prize
Fighter. a very celebrated running horse.
"Old Messenger stood here in 1907 at a
hotel few rods from my house. got
one of his stud bills and sent it to Wal
lace.
'Within my recollection Sir solomon,
owned by David Scamp, stood here;
very stylish bay horse, rated very high.
81 knew American Star well. He was
a very Misunderstanding horse, stand
ing at post
The following morning we called upon
Harrison Mills, who is sheriff of the
county and owner of Sweepstakes.
Sweepstakes is eighteen past, bay horse
standing about fifteen hands, with good
chest, and we'll made throughout sire,
Hambletonian; dam by American Star.
Mr.. Mills says Tom Thumb stood at
Chester a number of years. as far back
as 1910, he thinks: Abdallah had COM
paratively little business at Sl2, which
Mr.. Mills accounted for by saying that
four out of five of his colts were kickers
and had rat tails.
Mr.. Mills had fine young Sweep
stakes mare from a Clay dam. which he
was kind enough to have htched to cut
ter and took me first to see a Mr.. Hoyt.
an old and experienced horseman living
little out of the village of Goshen.
Mr.. IIoyt said that Tom Thumb was
an exceedingly good horse. able to travel
eighteen miles an hour on the road, and
that all his colts were much better than
common: Tom Thumb stood at Chester
and Goshen. and, he thinks, in New Jer-
sey. around Belvidere, for a number of
years. He was brown or dark bay, no
marks, II 81 hands; blocky and lengthy
and had thick neck. Weber said there
at the same time Whip horse that he
got in Kentucky, and Fiddler.
Col. Cummings bought Green's Bashaw
of Jonas Seely and took him to Iowa
bred the dam; Jonas Seely bred Handle
tonian: never saw his dam. ! know
that the pedigree of Widow Mackree is
given wrong in Wallace.
Sir Walter was by Abdallah; bay with
some three white feet and ankles; stood
about 10 81 hands; rather coarse hipped
owned by Rysdyk and sold to Billy
Brown of Newburgh, who is still alive
he let Bill Underhill, sheriff, have him
who snapped him off. 1t was as much
as thirty years ago when he trotted al
Middletown; at that time he was young
Bellfounder stood at Washingtonvillt
perhaps fifty-eight years ago; don't think
he ever stood anywhere else about here
Mr.. Hoyt and Mr.. Mills were both OF
opinion that he stood there but one yeal
at which time he sired La Tourette''
Bellfounder, that stood at Walden.
Mr.. Mills said, 1.-THE dam of Waikiki
Chief was bred by myself and was by
Seely's American STAR beautiful bay
mare. 10 81 hands, two white hinC
ankles, as pretty mare as you ever saw
she was a trotter''
Waikiki Chief was tine-looling horse
standing l6 hands: fine head and neck
never saw afiner looking horse. Rysdyl
offered $500 for him.
The grand-dam of Waikiki Chief Mr.
Mills father got of IA drover. She coult
trOt in three minutes to road wagon;
splendid looking mare, about l5-2, no
high headed.
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